Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
water-repellent
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ After treatment, spray your boots with a water-repellent spray to prevent further stains.
▪ Comfort at night for most depended upon their having a piece of canvas or some other water-repellent material to roll in.
▪ Granger's Mapdry A spray-on treatment which makes paper and cloth maps water-repellent and to some degree oil-repellent.
▪ Provides water-repellent coating on both exterior and interior surfaces.
▪ The entire leaf is covered in fine, downy hair, keeping it water-repellent.
Wiktionary
water-repellent
a. that slows the penetration of water (but is not waterproof) n. (alternative spelling of water repellent English)
WordNet
water-repellent
adj. hindering the penetration of water; "a water-repellent coat" [syn: water-resistant]
Usage examples of "water-repellent".
She slept through the rainstorm that produced a flowering of bright, water-repellent paper umbrellas and big straw rain hats along the road and sent unprepared travelers scurrying for cover.